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Storybird Quick Tour from Storybird on Vimeo. Site: http://storybird.com/ Source: Life With English Story Bird looks like a wonderful place for creative students to create writing pieces. The wonderful graphics appear to be easy to use and visually appealing. I wish there was a way around creating accounts, perhaps you could create a generic account [...]
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Video Source and Original Article: LifeHacker Direct link to the tool: BBC Scotland Pinball There is no shortage of graphic organizers and mind mapping tools available online. I’ve never seen one approached from the standpoint of a game before. Check out the linked article above for a great review of Pinball and let me know [...]
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Source: Free Technology For Teachers Site: Wacky Web Tales Okay, we all endured learning about the parts of speech when we were younger, right? One way to increase the engagement level is to use the Mad-Libs style games. Surely you remember doing this as a child, right? You entered in a noun, a verb, your [...]
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http://www.kerpoof.com Kerpoof Screencast – Renny from TNLI 21c on Vimeo. I spent the day with the awesome Roosevelt-Perry teachers working with the kid-friendly multi-media generator Kerpoof! The video embedded above gives a really nice overview of the main features. I added that the .pdf files linked in the “For Teachers” section at he bottom of [...]
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http://www.letssaythanks.com/ Use this site to have children write postcards to service members. They can choose from several designs and several messages. There is also an option to for them to create their own message. It takes just a few minutes to do and would be a great discussion starter of thinks to be thankful for [...]
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By: Liane Dattilo, TabletTalk Guest Blogger My Story Maker is exactly what you would expect from the title, a story maker. It’s super simple interface can be navigated by the youngest elementary student, but it’s features are detailed enough to engage intermediate students as well. There are several settings, characters, scenery objects and props to [...]
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Carve your pumpkin online: http://www.theoworlds.com/halloween/ Have students carve a pumpkin using different shapes or have them use finished product as a prompt for a spooky story. More Halloween Resources: Jason Renshaw Larry Ferlazzo’s James Hollis
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